Zhang Zongxiang (1882~1965) was a famous modern scholar from Haining, Zhejiang Province. Zhang took the post as the director of the Zhejiang Library, deputy director of Zhejiang Province Culture and History Research Institute, the third president of Xiling Seal-Making Society, vice-chairman of Zhejiang Branch of the Chinese Artists Association.

Zhang Zongxiang was best known for collecting rare books and emendating ancient books. He was good at writing poems and articles, and he was well versed in medicine, traditional dramas, literature, history, geography and calligraphy, wrote and published many books in variety of subjects. Zhang was good at calligraphy and painting. He was praised a leading magnate in the calligraphy circle thanks to his proficient in running-grass calligraphy. Zhang was also a good writer of poems and articles, so called "Number One Writer in South of the Yangtze River".